Garden Mums
Pinch vs. Unpinched Update: Garden Mums
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007I wanted to post an update on our pinched vs. no pinched garden mum trial. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate the same plants that I photographed in my last update, but these two plants give us a similar comparison. The unpinched plant is on the left. You can see all of my posts […]
Garden Mum. Pinch vs. No Pinch Update.
Friday, July 6th, 2007Our 8 inch garden mums have been in the ground for about a week so I thought I would post a picture of our pinch vs. no pinch trials. Every variety we are growing will have some pinched and some unpinched plants so we should have an excellent trial when it’s all over.
This particular […]
8 inch Garden Mums
Thursday, June 28th, 2007We finished planting our 8 inch mums today and we put them straight outside. I laid them down pot to pot and will space them when they are ready. We are using drip-tape to irrigate them and they will be grown under natural season conditions. I hope that the 9 lb osmocote […]
Shaded Garden Mums
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Today I potted up some 8″ mums that we will force by blackclothing. In my experience, blackclothed (or shaded mums) tend to finish small and clubby and don’t have that same rounded, ball-shaped appearance that we all love in a garden mum. Because of this, I put 3 cuttings in a pot instead […]
